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San Rafael moves to update purchasing and public-works contracting rules; city manager authority raised to $100,000

5923511 · May 6, 2025
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Summary

San Rafael introduced two ordinances May 5 to update the city's purchasing policy and public-works contract policy, raising the city manager's informal contracting authority from $75,000 to $100,000 and clarifying how change orders and multiyear contracts are handled.

The San Rafael City Council on May 5 introduced two related ordinances to update the citypurchasing policy and the public works contract policy, actions staff said are timed to align with next fiscal year and the cityfinancial-system upgrade.

Director Navazio, the presenting staff member, told the council the key changes are an increase in the city managercontract award authority from $75,000 to…

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